Cromwell was a Roundhead leader against the Royalists in the English Civil War, and became Lord Protector - effectively monarch and PM combined - after the execution of King Charles I in 1649.

King Charles is fighting fit in a dashing new portrait. A fresh image of the cancer-stricken monarch, 76, looking resplendent in a tartan kilt, tie, and brown sporran was released on Saturday.

The image, taken last fall, was captured by beloved royal photographer Millie Pilkington Millie Pilkington/Buckingham Palace/PA Wire A new photo of King Charles has been released ahead of Burns Night.

LONDON, Jan 25 (Reuters) - Buckingham Palace published a new photograph of King Charles wearing a kilt made of a tartan named in his honour to mark the birthday of Scotland’s national poet ...